A child predator undercover operation and prostitution sting has led to 43 arrests, Volusia County deputies said.

Called Operation PredaTour 2015, the six-day operation, months in the making, wrapped up late on Saturday night.

The operation targeted child predators, the prostitution trade and the distribution of child pornography.

During the operation, undercover law enforcement officers posed as children in cyberspace and waited to be approached by suspects. Known as “chatters,” the officers assumed the persona of children, 14 years or younger. In every case, the chatters made it abundantly clear multiple times that the suspects were supposedly talking to a child.

Among the arrests were 22 men who were nabbed after making arrangements to have sex with someone whom they thought was a child. When the men showed up at pre-arranged locations, including a 5-bedroom decoy house in Ormond Beach, law enforcement officers quickly moved in for the take-down. The 22 defendants arrested for traveling to meet a child for sex, ranged in ages from 20-59.

Three of the defendants are facing added charges for sending pictures of their penis to what they thought was a child, deputies said.

A 53-year-old defendant who traveled from St. Augustine brought condoms, a lubricant and erectile dysfunction medication with him. And another brought Viagra, condoms, massage gel, several sex toys and 8 grams of marijuana to meet with whom he thought was a 14-year-old girl.

Deputies say, suspects came from Palm Coast, St. Augustine, Leesburg, 72 miles away, but most arrested came from the area. Several were in town for Bike Week.

Investigators also say, another part of the operation targeted on-line sex ads and street-level prostitution yielded an additional 19 arrests. In addition, agents arrested two people during the operation for possession of child porn.

This was the fourth and most extensive predator operation undertaken in Volusia County.